Frederick william baehn



(No Model.)

P. W. BAEHN. EXTENSION CURTAIN RACK.

No. 600,682. Patented Mar. 15, 1898.

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FREDERICK WILLIAM BAEI-IN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EXTENSION CURTAIN-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,682, dated March 15, 1898.

Application filed December 17, 1896. Serial No. 616,105. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK WILLIAM BAEHN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Extension Curtain-Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification,reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to racks or devices for supporting curtains or portieres which are intended to slide or to be drawn to and fro horizontally; and its object is to provide improved means for supporting and for operating such curtains or portieres.

I have illustrated the application of my improvements in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a curtain-rack which embodies my improvements. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of one of the supporting-brackets on the plane indicated by the dotted line of Fig. 2, but on a somewhat larger scale. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same.

My improved curtain-rack is intended to be readily adaptable to doors or windows of different widths, and is therefore made eX- tensible in the direction of its length, comprising, end brackets A A, provided with notches or holes, as indicated at R in Fig. 3 or by dotted lines at S in Fig. 1, to receive screws by which the rack is secured either between the jambs or upon the outside of the jambs, the members of said bracket, which are substantially in or parallel with the plane of the curtain, being slotted in the direction of their length, and bars or rods B B, form a track for and support the carriers H and L, to which the curtain is secured, the said rods or bars B B being secured to the end brackets A A by bolts E, which pass through the slots in said brackets A A and thereby permit the length of the rack to be varied as desired.

A11 intermediate bracket 0 is secured to the rods or bars B B at the middle point by means of bolts or rivets V, and is also provided with holes R and S, through which screws may be passed to secure it to the head of the door or window casing. The carriers H and L are adapted to have the curtains or portieres fas tened thereto by any suitable means, as by the usual pins, and are arranged to slide to and. fro upon the bars or rods B B. They may be provided, as indicated, with wheels to reduce the friction.

In order that the curtain may hang gracefully without horizontal strain upon it when closed and without having its fullness pulled out, I have provided guard cords or chains D, which are secured to the carriers for each curtain and to eyes W on the brackets A A and serve to limit the movement of the carrlers.

To open or draw apart the curtains, I have provided chains or cords F, and to close or draw together the curtains I have provided chains or cords G one pair of chains at each end of the curtain-rack and on opposite sides of the curtain, so that the curtain can be conveniently manipulated from either side.

Each bracket A or A is provided with a longitudinal series of holes T to receive in different positions of adjustment a pivot pin or stud n,which supports upon one side of the bracket the two sheaves I and upon the other side of the bracket the single sheave M, the single sheave and the two sheaves being oppositely arranged on the two brackets. The opening chain or cord F at each end runs over one of the two sheaves I and is attached directly to the carrier H of the corresponding curtain or half-curtain,while the closing chain or cord G runs over the other sheave I at the same end and is attached to the carrier II of the other curtain or half-curtain. A cord or chain K is connected at one end to the carrier H of the right-hand curtain and at the other end to the carrier H of the left-hand curtain, running over the single sheave M at the opposite end of the curtain-rack, so that as the carrier II of the right-hand curtain is moved to draw back or open that curtain the carrier H of the left-hand curtain is also moved to draw back or open the left-hand curtain, and as the carrier H of the left-hand curtain is drawn by the chain G to draw to or close the left-hand curtain the carrier H of the right-hand curtain will also be moved 10o to draw to or close the right-hand curtain. It is obvious that the cords or chains F, G, and K on the opposite side of the curtain operate in a similar manner to effect the desired movements of the two curtains.

Arms P may be secured, if desired, to the upper bar B to support a fringe or other screen to cover the curtain-rack when in position.

The mode of use and the advantages of my improved curtain-rack will be readily understood from the foregoing description of the construction and arrangement of its parts without further explanation herein.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, in a curtain-rack, of end brackets having members which are substantially in the plane of the curtain and are slotted in the direction of their length, rods or bars secured to said end brackets by bolts passed through the slots therein, carriers traveling on said rods or bars and adapted to support the curtain, and means to move said carriers to and fro, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, in a curtain-rack, of end brackets longitudinally slotted, rods or bars secured to said end brackets by bolts passed through the slots therein, said end brackets also having in each a longitudinal series of holes, pivot pins or studs supported in one or another of said holes, sheaves mounted on said pivot pins or studs, carriers mounted on said rods or bars and cords or chains passed over said sheaves and connected to said carriers, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 11th day,of November, 1896.

FREDERICK WVILLIAM BAEHN.

WVitnesses:

HARRY E. MUReATRoYD, WILLIAM F. BEDFORD. 

